1 in 3 Ukrainians have been forced from their homes, constituting the largest human displacement crisis the world currently faces.
Over 1,500 attacks have impacted Ukrainian health facilities
28,700+ civilians have been reported killed or injured
14.6 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance
On 24 February, 2022, Russian military vehicles crossed the border into Donetsk, sparking a series of events which defined the year. What followed dominated global news reports and marked one of IHP’s most significant disaster responses to date. More than 3.7 million people have been internally displaced, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The conflict has forced another 6.3 million Ukrainians to flee to neighbouring countries such as Poland and Moldova and globally for safety.
Ukraine was once a global breadbasket, feeding itself and other countries around the world. It is now in the midst of a humanitarian catastrophe. In 2021, Ukrainian grain was used to feed more than 400 million people worldwide. The ongoing conflict means that millions of people around the world will not be able to access the food which they have come to depend on.
Within Ukraine, many of the population are unable to satisfy their most basic needs. Water, food and medicines are in short supply. It remains difficult to deliver vital medicines and aid, given the lack of safe humanitarian passage in areas of active fighting.
One of the most devastating results of the ongoing conflict has been the vast destruction of the healthcare infrastructure, creating an urgent need for medicine and health supplies. Hospitals, clinics and health workers have been attacked and caught in the crossfire throughout the conflict and continue to be to this day. The World Health Organization's (WHO) European Regional Director, Dr Hans Kluge called the Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy and medical infrastructure “the largest attack on healthcare on European soil since the Second World War.”
Since the start of the conflict, according to the WHO surveillance system, there have been over 1,500 confirmed attacks against healthcare in Ukraine – which makes up around 70% of the global total. These attacks have impacted at least 134 medical personnel. The hospitals which haven’t been destroyed are now overwhelmed by those seeking treatments for ailments, either caused or worsened by the current crisis.
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£5 can help us to give 15 people treatment
£20 will provide 16 children with antibiotics
£100 will provide 83 pregnant women with life saving medicine.
£450 will provide am emergency medical kit to 60 families.
Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.
£5 is enough to source and send £600 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 50 people around the world.
£10 is enough to source and send £1,200 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 100 people around the world.
£25 is enough to provide around 750 treatments in a year, helping approximately 250 people in need; and for some, is the difference between life & death.
£100 is enough to provide medicines and supplies for approximately 1,000 people a year living in disaster-hit and vulnerable communites.
Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.
IHP has been delivering healthcare to affected populations inside Ukraine as well as to the millions of refugees fleeing over the border into Moldova and other neighbouring countries. Over the course of our response, we have worked with several in-country partners, including: Project HOPE, International Medical Corps, and Medical Teams International. We are currently working with World Relief Ukraine in this response. We have shipped over 980,000 treatments to Ukraine and neighbouring countries.
